I wish to pursue a career in the juvenile probation area of law enforcement, as a juvenile probation officer. Mcmahon (2016) defines 'juvenile probation' as a type of juvenile sentence wherein a juvenile lawbreaker is allowed to reside within his/her communities, instead of being sent to a new home or to prison. Numerous reasons may be cited as to why juvenile lawbreakers are allowed such leniency. It is up to the court to decide whether any juvenile offender is entitled to probation or not, as well as the probation terms. Probation as a whole, forms a rather critical area of criminal justice. At times considered a test,… Continue Reading...
Not only that, the United States Department of Labor shows that this job sector is growing, albeit slightly (“Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists”). All college graduates need to be ambitious and strong-willed, confident that jobs will be available to them if they work hard, applying their education towards reaching their goals. Therefore, once I have completed my college education, I probably will not have difficulty starting the career that I want.
All college graduates, including me, will struggle a little at first. As Abel, Dietz and Su point out, “difficulties are not a new phenomenon: individuals just beginning their careers often need time to transition into the… Continue Reading...
lawyers); and (3) corrections (prison officials, probation officers, and parole officers)” (US Legal, 2017).
Aside from these three main components, there does exist criminal justice agencies aim to help the public and criminal offenders through rehabilitation and additional services. These were not part of the American criminal justice system during the earlier phase of the country. Back then there were no prisons or police officers. The system was based off law enforcement in England and France.
The current form of criminal justice system in the United States involves a police force, a court and prison system,… Continue Reading...
household servants, dressmakers, farmhands, and cooks. Nonetheless, an increase in women bankers, doctors, social workers, police and probation officer and hairdressers was noted (Tindall & Shi, 2010).
The 1920s also marked a new period for females because they found new freedom in the modernizing of American urban culture. Two of women's greatest movement, temperance, and suffrage were brought to life, and this changed gender politics in society. The women witnessed new challenges about gender status quo, which mostly affected the cultural sphere. As such, women from the urban places enjoyed their fruits of new mass-production of the consumer economy; they adopted new styles and lifestyles, and this… Continue Reading...